§ 54. Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he 10W will take steps to amend the Trade Descriptions Act or otherwise take action to outlaw the inducement to purchase or receive on approval by the circulation of numbers or imitation bank books to recipients who are stated to have been personally selected in circumstances where they are entitled to a prize only if they purchase or order specific articles on approval.
§ Sir G. HoweNo. I am not aware that any such restriction is imposed on eligibility for a prize.
§ 55. Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will investigate the method of inducement to purchase books employed by a company, details of which have been forwarded to him by the hon. Member for Manchester, Blackley.
§ Sir G. HoweNo. In the case to which the hon. Member has drawn my attention, no investigation is justified.
§ Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received concerning the method of inducement to purchase articles in postal communications of the type forwarded to him by the hon. Member for Manchester, Blackley.
§ Sir G. HoweI have received representations from about half a dozen people, who consider that, in various respects, such communications are misleading.